Robert Gates (Former U.S. Defense Secretary) Newsletter
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Former CIA, defense leader Robert Gates cringes at Trump’s gutting of national security agencies
01 May 2025 16:33 GMT
… Former CIA director and defense secretary Robert Gates is convinced zealous decisions … including a rapidly expanded Navy driven by huge investments … war would lead to armed conflict involving China … said the Department of Defense required authority to enter …
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Former U.S. defense secretary tells Lawrence crowd views on battles ranging from higher education to China conflict
01 May 2025 04:09 GMT
… #47;Journal-World
Robert Gates, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, speaks at the … 30, 2025.
Robert Gates — the former U.S. Secretary of Defense — was in … not only as a secretary of defense but also a career … he doesn’t think an armed conflict between the U.S …
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Former defense secretary to speak in Lawrence on Wednesday; KU conference to assess China threat
28 Apr 2025 18:04 GMT
… Lawrence Jackson
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is pictured in this file … of the Pentagon, a former U.S. Secretary of Defense will be … . Gen. Robert Brown, former commander of all U.S. Army forces … for the U.S. Navy will be keynote speakers on …
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What would a war with China look like? It was the question of the day at a KU conference
01 May 2025 19:04 GMT
… a retired U.S. Army general who commanded 140,000 American … Thursday.
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the keynote speaker of … of intelligence for the Navy, said there is an … College, the Korean National Defense University, and several other …
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New senior staff announced as White House looks to 'right the ship' at the Pentagon
25 Apr 2025 20:25 GMT
… the changes, Pentagon acting press secretary Kingsley Wilson said … .
More recently, under Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the top … chief of staff to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and before that, … him from the House Armed Services Committee. Rangel …
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Thank you, Gates Foundation | Letter
01 May 2025 09:15 GMT
… a big “Thank You” to Robert Gates and his family for their … and every year. Robert Gates was the Secretary of Defense during both the George …
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The Army’s XM1202 Tank Fiasco Is a Warning for Future Weapons Development
20 Apr 2025 13:55 GMT
… heavy armor.
In 1999, then-Army Chief of Staff General Eric … its lightweight profile. The armor offered protection against 30mm … . In 2009, then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates slashed his department’s … of how dangerous the Pentagon’s planning can be. …
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Dole Institute late spring programming to feature former Dole staff leaders, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
27 Mar 2025 17:41 GMT
… KU National Defense Initiatives, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will … National Defense Initiatives and the Command & General Staff … recognition of the Armenian Genocide, which Kelikian … Dole Archives Fellow for Armenian Advocacy, and Julien …
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How Europe can seize responsibility for its own strategic destiny in nine steps
30 Apr 2025 20:01 GMT
… unexpected. When former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates paid his farewell visit … For instance, the British Army shrank from 153,000 … the battles of massed armoured brigades on the Ukrainian … complex systems like tanks, armoured personnel carriers, and fighter …
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A new executive order seeks to overhaul defense buying. A handful of innovators within the Defense Department are already showing the way.
11 Apr 2025 14:47 GMT
… defense secretaries from William Perry to Donald Rumsfeld to Robert Gates … is able to convince Navy stakeholders to drop costly …
But pockets within the Pentagon are already implementing a … would be for the deputy defense secretary, or the services secretaries …
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